At no point in this speech did Biden announce any initiative to impose a limit on red meat consumption. At no point in his presidency has Biden suggested policies aimed at limiting red meat consumption.
Despite these facts, right-wing news outlets and politicians began aggressively repeating the claim that Biden’s plan included “cutting 90% of red meat from our diets by 2030.” This false notion stems from the British tabloid the Daily Mail, which — in lieu of actual details the Biden administration has not yet provided — took it upon themselves to speculate about what terrible things “could” be theoretically included in the plan...
The Daily Mail cited a report published by the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems that looked, in extremely simplified terms, how much of a reduction would result from various dietary changes.
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